from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. In pathology and anatomy, dissection and inspection of a dead body to discover the cause of death, or the site and character of the disease of which the person died; post-mortem examination; a post-mortem.

n. an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease

Etymologies

Greek autopsiā, a seeing for oneself : auto-, auto- + opsis, sight.

(American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

From New Latin autopsia, from Ancient Greek αὐτοψία (autopsia, "seeing with one's own eyes"). (Wiktionary)

Examples

URIBE: Your honor, I would just bring up the fact that whether or not that was a condition of these, of the agreement, whether or not that's used for the term autopsy photo or refers to the autopsy photos in the report.